wtf was this guy doing?

[bengalvfan]

This was unbelieveable. call on turn with 9 high and catches nine on river.. I am pretty sure i did not play this wrong.. please add some incite to this for me. Thanks.

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[cainer]

The guy is loose. But, why did u only bet $600 of your remaining $1000? What were u saving the last $400 for? Why not bet it all on the flop. Probably wouldnt have made a difference anyways but, it has me curious.

[cainer]

Lets instead look at this call but with lower stakes but similar senerio, just lower stakes. The game is no Limit holdem, blinds are $0.50-$1. You raise up your Ace-3 to $3 and he puts in the extra $2 with his 8-9 suited. $6 in the pot.

Flop is a rainbow 4-5-6, u have a low end open ender straight draw and he has a gut shot straight draw with two overs. Since the hand started with three players, he is quite convinced you dont have a big pair(or odds are u dont) and thinks his 8 or 9 is also good if one comes on the turn. So, 7 8 9 makes him feel he will be winning if one comes on the turn.

You bet out $5 into a $6 pot and you only have $5 left behind. Its not a great call on his part but, he does have 10 outs to hit on the turn to feel he has the best hand at that time in the game. Instead a club comes witch now gives him another 6 outs to win this hand the river.

U now bet your last $4.75 on the turn and its an instant call for him.

If i just posted this hand on this forum and complained a guy called me, id get flamed left and right for it not being so bad. I just cant figure out why u would think its wrong or unbelievably rare to see this at the higher limits of poker. Loose players exists all over and when u break it down to smaller limits but same betting patterns, its not such a bad call after all.

[cainer]

or better yt, let me look at it this way. Its a $15,000 max buy in table??? Blinds were $75-150. All you got is $1500 to start this hand. So, i am guessing that he has alot of your money already or someone does. since there is only 3 players dealt into this hand, ill assume he has done well against you in previous hands.

So, he is feeling hot and lucky. and u cant really hurt him with a measely $1500(i say measely only because of the game structure of blinds) so, its kind of an easy call for him. Even if he loses, he is only giving u back a small percentage of what i am sure he has won off u already. Maybe more details are needed on your post.

[bcblack182]

Was this a tournament? If not, you can't really expect someone to fold if they have as many outs as they did. Just imagine you are playing .50/1 NL against a $10 stack. Would you fold that hand? I know I just get the money in.

If it was a tournament, then lol. People never fold in tournaments.

When shortstacks in cash games berate me for playing loose and busting them, I usually tell them to bring more money if they want to get folds.

[cainer]

Was this a tournament? If not, you can't really expect someone to fold if they have as many outs as they did. Just imagine you are playing .50/1 NL against a $10 stack. Would you fold that hand? I know I just get the money in.

If it was a tournament, then lol. People never fold in tournaments.

When shortstacks in cash games berate me for playing loose and busting them, I usually tell them to bring more money if they want to get folds.
U used the same theory as i did. Nothing usual happened here and i am surprised it was even posted. If this was a low stakes no limit hand anaylized, everyone would be laughing. ONly because it was bigger stakes, everyone will think, wow, bad luck man lol

[bcblack182]

it was a tournament i am pretty sure. I googled the other screen names and they showed up in some tournies but no big cash games. That makes it even more of a non-event IMO.

[bengalvfan]

sorry guys it was a tournament but loved reading the replies. Sorry to let you guys down. I was just curious why he called the flop. I would never call the flop with a gut shot. Even if he knew I had AK AQ or something like that I would not be calling the flop.

I have no problem with the turn call. I was surprised to see I was still ahead when the cards were flipped over on turn though then bam 9 came.. i was just in shock i guess. I would have rather seen the club come instead of a 9 to beat me.

So, I guess that is why i posted I just wanted to get it off my chest and move on. Thanks again guys for the comments.